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Discussion on: Is Docker an overkill during development?

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Christian Brintnall

You should focus on learning Python. I used Python for four years before I even touched Docker. Docker is definitely useful during development, but if you're sticking to a single machine for now, maybe not so much.

I currently use it because my Python services depend on postgres / redis, and so I use docker-compose to do local development. Makes it much easier when your entire stack is running with one docker-compose up.